Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-04

Ecggi is hopelessy in love, but the thought of
his poor crushed form ami her qleGult6o ue2Uty
only nils him win despair MsIaGic inter
view with ner uncle 5 2 Bitter one, sni he Is
cEaspcrated a. her refusal Of sir BrlsCuc. He
makes poor NclaEi-s heart : ns when at the
close of the conversation he tells her If within
. given time you DO no; marry sir Erisc3e and
thus take II M hands our brother Reginald,
ne shall 90 siraightfrOm LerG 10 the Ward OF
common hospital"
CHATTER Vine lanie,Out on q picnic eNCur-
sion in the woods around Rose @ ,aEe, along /
with her CrCthPrs ard he. friend Ann, uneN-
pccteCly meet Captain LAnsdae and his friend |
Musgrayc,who are on a visit TO Sir BrisCO Bray
BROOKE, one CT the largest land owners in the [
ndghUorhOod. LOnsdalc is unaware Of what (
has passed between sir 8risco and Melanie, and /
the close prcplnqUlty OF the country seat OF Sir
Bri5CO is also matter of Urprisc to Melan!'. !
In Reggie, the crippled brother of Alelanlc. !
MusgrGVe recognizes the young soldier VINO
once saved his life in the Arabian deserts.
CHAPTER VII HORACE MUsGRAVE.
Before breakfast time next day, two
bouquets, beautifully selected and made
up, arrived st Rose Cottage, where Amy
was staying for few days in the absence
Of Mr.. Grimshaw.
One was from Montague Lonsdale, with
with loyer-like note for Me,anie, and
the other, which was chiefly rOseluds and
lily CT the valley, was Tor her friend, with
the card CT Captain Horace L. /. Mus
grave, Royal HuZzars; ;" and Amy C0lCUred
with pleasure, and not little vanity, to
the roots OF her thick dark hsiT, on find
ing that the donor had remembered, that
which rad almost beer forgotten, tina. she
had named particularly these IS her
feyOurite flowers. So TITLES make the
sum Of human things.
Oh. L what do these letters stand
tor" asked Amy out Me,snie ives too
intent on LonsdsLe's C0te to hear ler
question.
But Amy could little foresse WIS.
pain and trouble in the fu-
Jure these fatal initials were 10 cost her.
/ The satisfaction Of Uncle GumshaW at
/ the expected visit II his neighbOr, the
/ barore', Ws5 somewhat cI9udeG when ne
heard from Dick Of who was one of tbs
guests 2t R9vansbOugua.
"rhe deuce" thought ne. SIS that
fellow there? Is NOT the world wide
enough to keep these two fools apart q
little more? Complications are sure to
come about. and if Sir BriscO leans the
/ footing on which this holiday captain is
1 with Melanie, all chance Of him will De
! lost forever"
And he darted en- angry look at mis-
niece. who now, with many siga-5ut
not of repining-had to consider again,
all the small economies, the petty con
1 trivspCes, and small shifts Incident TO
"genteel poverty tor such lie WAS a.
Rose Cottage after al tLe expensive
wants and tastes OF Uncle GrimShaW had
been considered.
With regard TO the ef4iT OF Melarie ard
Captain Montague Lonsdsle, the guardian
uncle was tolerably quiescent lust now.
He knew the full extent which remained
Of that CfiiCer's leave Of ebsenCe-littIe
more than month now; ne had reCkOned
every day thereof, and hoped thst when
Lonsdsle departed for India, or Bulmab,
or wherever he was bound, they would
see the last of him; and then must come
the time to put the due pressure on Me
LAME, should she still prove refractory.
And in this views Mrs CnIIlirgtou some
what impstiently coincidsd.
Indeed, the note which came with the
bouquet contained 8 sentence waich
seemed somewhat Of 3 death-knell tc
poor Melanie. No quiet staff appoint.
ments were to be had jsst then, aad j!
there were, he could not apply for one
es his regiment was now under orders
for foreign service in BUrmau.
And even were il otherwise, aad be
could marry ner and take her cut to shsr,
his bungalow in some remote Indian
CantOnment, 10 what might net the help
less Reggie, and the almost saually help
less Dick, who could not work and mus
not want, be subjected by 81 uncle S
selfish, and annoyed inst by such mar
riage sac had lost Sir Brisco's wealth
and left the two upon his hands,
Tho plrl i.it iE-S.if ~, q p,,5 s~rtl-,,
twist of which seemed to close around
her when, the day after her uncIe's re.
turn, Rose C0tt2ge was visited by 81
Brsoo Braybrooke, though accompanied
by his two guests. Had he known g!
doubtless ne would have come alone.
Certainly Mr.. Gideon GrimShaW, I4tt
OF Birchinlane, though afactirg Oddly
unsuitsbly and at second hand, certain
ans from these men he now met a. nj:
club, was not precisely the kind of friend
or companion Sir BTisco would have
chosen; but the end the latter had in
view made him warm, kind and hospit2
BILE in his manner, as to neighboI
whose society he WIS resoIved-a1c
would be deI!ghted-to cultivate.
On the other hsnd, MIR. Grimshaw wa:
well aware OF the old bGronet's $4,000.
per annum, which, with ell the Corcomi-
tants thereof, proved quite enough to en-
sure almost servile favor ard fervor from
; him; and now some of the osronet's sun
shine seemed TO fall even on the unfor-
tunate Reginald, theG-ss usual when in
doOrs-5tretChed upon e couch.
III you are reader, my yOurg frierC
- psgaa Sir BIisCC, rising after tht
visit bsft become too pro!racted fer Me
ssF4shie's pstience.
~ ana great reGder," replied the in
valid; ~ hsye little else 10 occupy N,
T time"
''Then the library st Ravensbourne-
rather q choice ont-is heartily 81 you.
disposal
: ''Oa, taaGks-so much"
"And then whenever she choices, you
sister, Miss Talbot, csn select iof YOU
wren 7Cu cannot come reTsoC:ltv."
N5i11le 10Ted cCIJ!T, and with dis
tine. shade Ct annoyance, unseen bv ST.
Brlsco, who departed AoneWards viii
, MS morning coat adorned by pretty
Observation-Disclosures and maidenhail
fern--siyen by Meianie, ct his request
and his thoughts were so absurdly full O
: the fair donor thereof, that he could no
help displaying it with peculisr satisfac
ton TO Montague L0nsdale, on whom sht
had deemed it uDwise TO bestoW another
under her uncle's cold and glitterins
! eyes.
: Poor Sir Brisco had not the most re
mote suspicion that there was more thar
the merest acquaintanceship between